Rankman's Super duper ranking\comments: Week 11

In case you missed it—and everyone did—the College Football Playoff selection committee released its second ranking Tuesday evening in the middle of election mayhem. In the cover of darkness, the committee atoned for last week’s blunder and ranked undefeated Washington at No. 4. It was about the only thing good to happen to a “blue state” all night. It’s now up to Washington to defend its ranking this week against the hard-charging USC Trojans, which won’t be easy. The committee upped the drama by promoting USC from unranked to No. 20. How any team could make that big a jump with a win over this year’s Oregon is another story. Anyway, on to Rankman’s “low energy” poll, which lost the unpopular vote and flunked out of Electoral Junior College.[membership level="0"] The rest of this article is available to subscribers only - to become a subscriber click here.[/membership] [membership]

1: Alabama (9-0): Calling Roll Tide the nation’s best team is silly and mostly disrespectful to the New England Patriots. (1)

2: Michigan (9-0): Playoff committee says Harbaugh will not be charged with loss for attending Dem event on Monday. (2)

3: Washington (9-0): Hey look, while everyone was freaking out Tuesday, the CFP selection committee moved you up to No. 4. (3)